Cybersecurity is a second year program (Master 2 with
semesters 9 and 10) of the Mathematics and Computer
Science Masters. Courses are in English and the program
follows a first year Master 1 in Mathematics or Computer
Science or equivalent (for instance at UGA:
M1
AM
,
M1 MOSIG
,
M1
Mathématiques
,
M1
informatique
).
The economical impact of losses due to cybercriminality
is estimated to several hundreds of billions of euros
per year (even 2000 billions of dollars, according to a
Forbes study in 2019) wih a large increase in attacks,
for instance identity and data thefts and malicious
attacks.
Vulnerabilities and Protections are covered, with for
instance:
- Robustness of critical infrastructures when facing
cyberattacks (e.g., stuxnet, wannacry),
- Robustness of security components when facing
software vulnerabilities and data leakage (e. g.,
heartbleed),
- Privacy protection and cloud infrastructure
security,
- Robust design and evaluation of security components,
- Detection of vulnerabilities in protocols for
hardware and software components (e.g., meltdown,
spectre).
Topics covered in the training include additional areas
of Cybersecurity, such as cryptology, forensics, fuzzing
or anonymization, especially for embedded systems and
distributed architectures.